The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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